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HINDEPEND TENT E
New principal plans
continued progress
By Andrea Dalton
Staff Writer
Pueblo High Magnet School was
the oniy Tucson Unified School
District school to improve in all
areas of the AIMS test from 2003
to 2004 for ioth graders, and the
new principal said she plans to
keep improving.
Principal Patricia Dienz said she
and the faculty at Pueblo are
Registran votantes
Grupo quiere llegar
a mcta de 44 mii
Por Michelle Ochoa
Reportera
Una organización que pro-mueve
la votación esta regis-trando
a Arizonenses por mul-titudes
con la intención de
aumentar el bajo porcentaje de
votantes hispanos e indígenas
para el mes de octubre.
La sede de "Moving America
Foward Foundation" (MAFF)
en Arizona dijo que ha reg-istrado
más de 32,000
votantes en el estado desde
mayo. MAAF, una organi-
Norteño festival
faces cancellation,
seeks sponsors
Page 2
proud of the school's improve-ment.
"The staff needs to be commend-ed
for all the hard work they put
in to helping the kids," she said.
'The kids need to be commended
for the fact that they obviously
took it seriously."
The AIMS test, a statewide stan-dardized
test, that students, begin-ning
with the class of 2006, must
pass to graduate, is made up of
three parts; math, reading and
writing. Each part of the test is
scored separately.
Afiliados dei Moving America
Forward proyectan su mensaje en et
Tucson Indian Center.
zación sin fines de lucro e inde-pendiente
que trabajaba para
encauzar el poder de comu-nidades
indígenase hispanas,
dice que espera registrar a
12,000 más votantes, o 700
nuevos votantes por día, en
¡976-28 Years of Service-2004
Pueblo High AIMS results improve
Carlos Valenzuela. an artist instructor at Las Artes, is proud of the professional public artwork produced by students.
SEE MURALS/PAGE 3
Dienz has been at Pueblo for two
years. Last year she worked in cur-riculum
and instruction, focusing
on strategies to improve AIMS test
scores.
Strategies the school used to
improve the scores were to
unify departments and narrow
the school's focus toward
helping students pass the
AIMS test.
The school gave assements
to the students in the different
areas to find out where they
were having trouble, Dienz
minoritarios
Arizona para el 4 de octubre, el
último día en que se puede reg-istrar
para votar en las elec-ciones
del 2 de noviembre.
El grupo formado en el 2003
por el gobernador de Nuevo
México, Bill Richardson, dice
que ha sido tan exitoso como
en otros estados reñidos inde-cisos.
El 31 de agosto, MAAF anuo-ció
que registró mas de
100,000 nuevos votantes his-panos
e indígenas en cinco
estados claves; Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado y Florida.
Patti Hibbeler, directora de
MAFF, quien ayuda conseguir
votos indígenas, dijo que esos
Ver Votantes / página 5
Family support, guidance found
at new joint facility
Pages
said. Every teacher in the
department then scored the
tests together, giving them the
opportunity to compare stu-dents'
writing abilities and
agree on expectations.
The same was done in the
math department.
"Kids were regularly
assessed on math skills, which
gave the teacher feedback on
where the kids were," she said.
The school also tried a new
approach to testing last year. All
See AIMS I page 4
City budget cut
eliminates five
police positions
By Abigail Kesling
Staff Writer
The South Tucson Police Department elimi-nated
five positions due to a recent budget cut,
causing mixed feelings from police officers and
citizens.
The South Tucson City Council had to cut
positions after learning the budget for this fiscal
year went from $13.3 million to $11.6 million.
Police departments in other cities such as
Bisbee, Sedona and Casa Grande have added
police officers throughout the past year.
Police Chief Sixto Molina said the city won't
notice the staff reduction.
"We're holding our own," Molina said. "We
will be more aggressive and keep these crime
levels down."
According to Molina, five people left the
department in June and the city council decid-ed
at the July 26 budget meeting that the posi-tions
would not be filled.
Before the cuts there were 28 officer posi-tions,
now there are 23.
The officers who left the station were Mark
Brown, David Hill, Vance Padilla and Thelma
Gallardo. Another position that will not be
replaced for at least a year is the evidence cus-todian,
formerly occupied by Cathy Ramirez.
These employees left the department because
they wanted to advance with career goals and
make more money. Each of the former staff
members are now employed at other police
departments.
"There is much more money for these posi-tions
in other cities," said Molina.
See City Council / page 6
Crime doesn't pay,
but hot line does
Page 4
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HINDEPEND TENT E
New principal plans
continued progress
By Andrea Dalton
Staff Writer
Pueblo High Magnet School was
the oniy Tucson Unified School
District school to improve in all
areas of the AIMS test from 2003
to 2004 for ioth graders, and the
new principal said she plans to
keep improving.
Principal Patricia Dienz said she
and the faculty at Pueblo are
Registran votantes
Grupo quiere llegar
a mcta de 44 mii
Por Michelle Ochoa
Reportera
Una organización que pro-mueve
la votación esta regis-trando
a Arizonenses por mul-titudes
con la intención de
aumentar el bajo porcentaje de
votantes hispanos e indígenas
para el mes de octubre.
La sede de "Moving America
Foward Foundation" (MAFF)
en Arizona dijo que ha reg-istrado
más de 32,000
votantes en el estado desde
mayo. MAAF, una organi-
Norteño festival
faces cancellation,
seeks sponsors
Page 2
proud of the school's improve-ment.
"The staff needs to be commend-ed
for all the hard work they put
in to helping the kids," she said.
'The kids need to be commended
for the fact that they obviously
took it seriously."
The AIMS test, a statewide stan-dardized
test, that students, begin-ning
with the class of 2006, must
pass to graduate, is made up of
three parts; math, reading and
writing. Each part of the test is
scored separately.
Afiliados dei Moving America
Forward proyectan su mensaje en et
Tucson Indian Center.
zación sin fines de lucro e inde-pendiente
que trabajaba para
encauzar el poder de comu-nidades
indígenase hispanas,
dice que espera registrar a
12,000 más votantes, o 700
nuevos votantes por día, en
¡976-28 Years of Service-2004
Pueblo High AIMS results improve
Carlos Valenzuela. an artist instructor at Las Artes, is proud of the professional public artwork produced by students.
SEE MURALS/PAGE 3
Dienz has been at Pueblo for two
years. Last year she worked in cur-riculum
and instruction, focusing
on strategies to improve AIMS test
scores.
Strategies the school used to
improve the scores were to
unify departments and narrow
the school's focus toward
helping students pass the
AIMS test.
The school gave assements
to the students in the different
areas to find out where they
were having trouble, Dienz
minoritarios
Arizona para el 4 de octubre, el
último día en que se puede reg-istrar
para votar en las elec-ciones
del 2 de noviembre.
El grupo formado en el 2003
por el gobernador de Nuevo
México, Bill Richardson, dice
que ha sido tan exitoso como
en otros estados reñidos inde-cisos.
El 31 de agosto, MAAF anuo-ció
que registró mas de
100,000 nuevos votantes his-panos
e indígenas en cinco
estados claves; Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado y Florida.
Patti Hibbeler, directora de
MAFF, quien ayuda conseguir
votos indígenas, dijo que esos
Ver Votantes / página 5
Family support, guidance found
at new joint facility
Pages
said. Every teacher in the
department then scored the
tests together, giving them the
opportunity to compare stu-dents'
writing abilities and
agree on expectations.
The same was done in the
math department.
"Kids were regularly
assessed on math skills, which
gave the teacher feedback on
where the kids were," she said.
The school also tried a new
approach to testing last year. All
See AIMS I page 4
City budget cut
eliminates five
police positions
By Abigail Kesling
Staff Writer
The South Tucson Police Department elimi-nated
five positions due to a recent budget cut,
causing mixed feelings from police officers and
citizens.
The South Tucson City Council had to cut
positions after learning the budget for this fiscal
year went from $13.3 million to $11.6 million.
Police departments in other cities such as
Bisbee, Sedona and Casa Grande have added
police officers throughout the past year.
Police Chief Sixto Molina said the city won't
notice the staff reduction.
"We're holding our own," Molina said. "We
will be more aggressive and keep these crime
levels down."
According to Molina, five people left the
department in June and the city council decid-ed
at the July 26 budget meeting that the posi-tions
would not be filled.
Before the cuts there were 28 officer posi-tions,
now there are 23.
The officers who left the station were Mark
Brown, David Hill, Vance Padilla and Thelma
Gallardo. Another position that will not be
replaced for at least a year is the evidence cus-todian,
formerly occupied by Cathy Ramirez.
These employees left the department because
they wanted to advance with career goals and
make more money. Each of the former staff
members are now employed at other police
departments.
"There is much more money for these posi-tions
in other cities," said Molina.
See City Council / page 6
Crime doesn't pay,
but hot line does
Page 4
Free/ grati EI Periódico (le Soul/i Tucson Septernbcr/septiernbre 2004